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Let Us Learn The Language of NYSC, NOA

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2023

By Kunle Awosiyan One thing that the National Youth Service Corps has not reviewed since its creation is the Nigerian languages handbook, instead it has kept on improving on it. It is one of the handbooks it gives to corps members at the orientation camp that has helped to integrate our youths

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Southeast And The Quest For Senate Presidency

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2023

By Kazeem Akintunde The president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, last week played a fast one on political watchers when he said that he had no preferred candidate for the number three position in the country, the Senate Presidency. Tinubu, who spoke at a meeting with the newly elected federal lawmakers on the platform of his party, […]

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Open letter to incoming governor

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2023

By Hassan Gimba This general advice to every elected Governor, was first published on May 27, 2019. I feel the need to republish it now that we have concluded the gubernatorial elections in concerned states of the federation. Your Excellency, this is unsolicited advice, of course. You got elected presumably for your ability to convince the electorate that you will […]

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Before They Begin Point-And-Kill Of Igbo In Lagos

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2023

By Felix Oboagwina In April last year, I wrote an article, titled, “Didn’t Tinubu Just Goof On MC Oluomo?” The piece did a post-mortem on the crisis rocking the Lagos State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Long story short, Musiliu Akinsanya, alias “MC Oluomo,” was issued a query by the […]

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Nigeria, let the Igbo go

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2023

By Tunde Odesola Cleveland, a city in Ohio, USA, was long regarded as the sufferhead among American cities. Bearing on its big head the weight of an unfortunate nickname – The mistake on the lake – Cleveland shares a few similarities with Nigeria. How did Cleveland get its nickname? This is how. As recently as […]

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INEC Server and Other Election Day Stories

Daily Dispatch March 16, 2023

By Azu Ishiekwene For the third time since 1999, I voted at a general election on February 25 and did so without much hassle. I knew my candidates would lose at the unit where I voted, but that didn’t matter. Voting mattered more. The Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) processed me so quickly it was […]